The RESISTANCE REVIVAL CHORUS (RRC) is a collective of more than 60 womxn, and non-binary singers, who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center womxn’s voices. Chorus members are touring musicians, film and television actors, Broadway performers, solo recording artists, gospel singers, political activists, educators, filmmakers, artists, and more, representing a multitude of identities, professions, creative backgrounds, and activist causes. We center womxn in music, and address how historically marginalized womxn have been in the music industry. The great artist and activist Harry Belafonte once said, “when the movement is strong, the music is strong” and we attempt to live up to that call. The RRC calls for justice and equity for womxn across racial, ethnic, economic, sexual identity and religious lines. We aim to be intersectional in our feminism and reveal that all social justice issues overlap heavily with womxn’s issues; to harness the collective power of womxn to help change the world; to celebrate each other through song; to embrace Toi Dericotte’s idea of “joy as an act of resistance.”
RRC was honored to perform with Kesha at the 2018 GRAMMY Awards and has since been featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon alongside Jim James; at Carnegie Hall with Philip Glass, Carly Simon and Patti Smith; at SummerStage with Angélique Kidjo; at Babefest with Ani DiFranco; with Natalie Merchant; with Bon Iver and Aaron Dessner from The National; and most recently with Fleet Foxes. RRC also appeared at Bonnaroo and the Newport Folk Festival in 2021. The chorus curated and performed at a show co-created with The Public Theater, held at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, featuring musicians and actors such as Valerie June and Indya Moore.
RRC has also performed at the Roots Picnic festival in Philadelphia in 2019, well as at two TedX events, and was honored by Auburn Seminary at the Lives of Commitment Awards Benefit in 2018. They have also collaborated on a collection with Lingua Franca.
RRC debuted its album, This Joy, on Righteous Babe Records in October 2020. The album features original compositions along with protest classics and was recorded in New York City with GRAMMY-nominated producer Tiffany Gouché. The album is 100% created by women, non-binary artists and features special guests Rhiannon Giddens, Valerie June and Deva Mahal. Righteous Babe’s Ani DiFranco says of the Chorus: “The RRC is like an antidote to silence and
submission. In this age of division and hopelessness, let us listen to their collective voice and get lifted. Let us remember who we really are.” bit.ly/RRCTHISJOY
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